Combined muffler and scarf



May 25 7 1926 1,586,077

D. EVANS COMBINED MUFFLER AND SCARF Filed Nov. 9'. 1925 INVENTOR 01/46/5 [VA N5 ATroRNEYJ Patented May 25, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

DULOIE EVANS, OF KENT, ENGLAND.

COMBINED MUFFLER AND SCARF.

Application filed November 9, 1925. Serial No. 67,715.

This invention relates to a'combined muffler and scarf.

In the past, combined mufflers and scarfs, consisting of a back sectionand two muffler sections, have been proposed. The muffler portions wereadapted to be crossed across the chest of the wearer and fastened to corners of the back section. These garments are usually made of knittedwoolen fabric or similar elastic material and the pull on the mufflerportions tends to pull the back section out of shape. This disadvantageis particularly apt to arise in the case of combined mufflers and scarfsto be worn by children.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a combinedmufiler and scarf which avoids the disadvantages of the prior productset out above. lVith this and other objects in view, the inventionincludes a combined muffler and scarf having muffler portions ofsufficient length to cross over the chest of the wearer and to meet inthe back where the ends of the muffler portions are fastened to eachother as well as to the back section. Thus the pull on the mufflerportions, which is apt to be considerable where the garments are worn bychildren who indulge in violent exercise, is equalized by the pull onthe opposite muffler portion and does not tend to distort or stretch theback section, even when the garment is made of very elastic knittedfabric.

The invention will be described in greater detail in connection with thedrawings which illustrate one modification of the invention. It shouldbe understood, however, that the invention is not limited to theparticular shape and structure shown in the drawings which constitute anillustration of a referred embodiment of the invention and not limit itsscope.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are per spective views of a figurewearing the combined mufller and scarf of the present in vention, Figure1 being a view from the rear, and Figure 2 from the front; and

Figure 3 IS a plan view of a combined muffler and scarf in an unfastenedcondition.

The garment consists of a back section 1 and two muffler portions 2which are preferably formed integral with the back section orpermanently attached thereto. A button or other fastening 3 is providedin the center of the lower edge of the back section. One muffler portionis provided with three loops, 4, 5 and 6, at its end, While the othermuffler portion is provided with a loop 7 and two buttons, 8 and 9.

When worn, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the back section extendsfrom the wearers shoulders down to the small of the back and the twomuffler portions pass over the shoulders and are crossed over the chestand extend alongthe lower edge of the back section. The muffler ends aredirectly connected with each other by means of the buttons 8 and 9 whichfasten in the loops 5 and 4, respectively. The loops 6 and 7 fasten overthe button 3 and serve to attach the ends of the muffler portion to theback section, thus preventing it from riding 'up when worn.

It will be seen that the structure and method of fastening, shown in thedrawings, provides a positive connection between the two muffler ends sothat the pull on one muffler portion is directly transmitted to theother muffler portion. The pull thus tends to be equalized and'there islittle or no lateral pull on the back section which is thus keptunstretched.

In the drawings, I have illustrated fastenings consisting of buttons andloops but it should be clearly understood that this particular method offastening is not essential to the invention and any other equivalentmethod of fastening, such as buttons and button-holes, hooks and eyes.snap fasteners, and the like, may be used. The invention is also notlimited to the provision of a single fastener in the center of the loweredge of the back section but, on the contrary, a plurality of fastenersalong this edge may be used and, in some cases, are desirable, althoughthe tendency to stretch the back piece by lateral pull is apt to begreater than where the only connection between the muffler ends and theback section is at a single point.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, illustrated in thedrawings, the muffler portions are shown capable of being fastened tothe lower edge of the back section. The invention, however, isnotlimited to this relative length of back section and muffler portionsand, in some cases, where it is desired to have a longer back sectionextending further down the back of the wearer, the central fastening maybe some-distance from the lower edge. The construc- Ill) tion shown inthe drawings, however, has and of length sufiicient to cross over thechest the advantage that the back section is preand meet at the back,means for fastening vented from wrinkling, which is apt to take togetherthe ends of the muifler portions, and place where the fastening is notat the lower means for attaching the fastened ends to edge. I,therefore, prefer to fasten the mufthe lower edge of the back portion.fler ends to the lower edge of the back sec- 3. A combined mufiler andscarf, compristion although, as pointed out above, my ining a backportion, two muffler portions exvention is not limited to thisconstruction. tending from the upper edge of the back \Vhat I claim asnew is: portion and of suflicient length to cross over 1. A combinedmufiler and scarf, compristhe chest of the wearer and meet at the back,ing a back portion, two mufiler ortions cona fastening in the center ofthe lower edge nected to the upper part of the aek portion of the backportion, means for fastening and of length sufiicient to cross over thetogether the ends of the mufiler portions, chest of the wearer and meetat the back, and means attached to both ends of the mufmeans forfastening together the ends of the fler portions and capable of engagingwith mufller ortions, and means for fastening the fastening in thecenter of the lower edge the mu er ortions to the back portion. of theback portion.

2. A com ined muffler and scarf, compris- Signed at London, England,this 5th day ing a back portion, two mufiler portions conof October,1925. nected to the upper edge of the back portion DULCIE EVANS.

